Dell Optiplex 745 Small Form Factor Audio Components Replacement

One may require the use of this guide when the audio jack on the front of their Dell Optiplex 745 Small Form Factor or their USB's do not function properly. The purpose of having an audio jack and USB ports on the front of your desktop is primarily for headphones and temporary devices you would use with your desktop, such as: uploading pictures from a camera, transferring files to a USB drive, uploading music onto an Ipod or MP3 player, and so on.

Before starting this guide it may be useful to troubleshoot your audio jack and USB ports to make sure it is the desktop's hardware that is the issue or that your drivers are up to date instead since the 745 is an older model. Here is a link to a helpful webpage on windows 10 driver installation in case that is the issue: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...